♥ It’s Heart Month! ♥
Watch and learn, ladies: This is Jennifer’s Story (2:25)
from The Heart Truth: National Heart, Blood & Lung Institute
See more of Jennifer Donelan’s story here or here, about surviving Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD).
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Q: What are YOU doing to help your own heart this month?
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by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
Jennifer Donelan was a 36-year old television news reporter for ABC News 7 in Washington, DC, covering a dramatic story one day about a local 4-month old baby girl who had been found in her crib, unresponsive. After her live shot on the 5 o’clock newscast, Jennifer was waiting near her car when she started to feel a very strange pain in her chest. We pick up her dramatic story there, as told in Jennifer’s own words:
“I remember looking at my car and thinking: ‘I need to go home and lay down.’ Then the pain started to worsen. I took a few steps and my left arm went numb. Continue reading “The unforgettable diagnosis: “You’re having a heart attack!””
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
Television news reporter Jennifer Donelan was just 36 years old when she had a heart attack near the end of a busy day at work last September. Five months after surviving this horrific cardiac event, she’s now back at ABC 7 News in Washington, DC, where she hosted a three-part Heart Month series on women living with heart disease. She explained: Continue reading “TV reporter Jennifer Donelan survives heart attack at age 36”
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